An Israeli official says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will dispatch negotiators to resume Gaza ceasefire talks. Diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the nine-month war in Gaza appear to be stirring back to life after a weeks-long hiatus. On Wednesday evening, the militant Hamas group said it gave mediators its latest response to a US-backed proposal […]
Have an event or announcement you would like featured in THE DIGEST? It’s welcome! Please send an email to lbordelon@gannett.com. Time sensitive announcements should be sent a week ahead of time. Waynesboro tables 79-townhouse development WAYNESBORO – The Waynesboro City Council tabled consideration for third housing development on June 10. The King Avenue property is across […]
Apr. 29—FARMINGTON — A former Franklin County dispatch supervisor was sentenced Friday to serve four months of a three-year sentence for possessing sexually explicit material of a child under age 12, according to court documents. Levi J. Gould, 35, of Farmington pleaded guilty Friday to the charge at a Farmington court. Three counts of possession […]
Two weeks after an Ohio prison lieutenant was fatally shot during a training session, the Ohio State Highway Patrol continues to deny The Dispatch’s requests for records that should be public per Ohio court precedent. The patrol released a heavily redacted incident report Monday that revealed little except that investigators are considering a reckless homicide […]
“I can’t believe we are going to the place where the most horrible thing happened, and it’s an hour from here,” says Yael. “When it started, we were like, ‘Holy shit!’” says Avi. “Then we got used to it.” Avi continues driving south, Tel Aviv to Sderot, a place most people became aware of on […]
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The 911 dispatch center opened its doors to media outlets Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 7 to see how they operate. KTSM was given a tour of the 911 dispatch center located in Northeast El Paso, our crew got to see just how the center is split into multiple entities. Those sections […]
With five days left until the New Hampshire primary, Donald Trump and his allies are stepping up their efforts to muscle Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis out of the Republican presidential race by casting Trump’s nomination as inevitable. The strategy reflects an urgent desire to end the race quickly and avoid an extended and expensive […]
Buckeye is getting a new 911 communications center. The city broke ground on the 12,000-square-foot facility earlier this month. The public safety complex currently has a property and evidence building as well as a training facility, which was previously located in the downtown area. The project, which is costing the city $16 million, will allow […]
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